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Open Source Screen Reader Orca 3.17.3 is out now, Install it on Ubuntu 15.04 GNOME

Orca is well known open source screen reader application which is part of ubuntu GNOME desktop environment, ubuntu is operating system for every kind of users, such apps help people with visual impairments to use the operating system with ease. Orca has been facilitating large number of such users from over years now. It is available for both GNOME and Unity desktops. Today, Orca 3.17.3 beta has been released . GNOME development team is busy with finalizing the new releases of this awesome desktop environment, 3.17 and 3.18, Orca also got some fantastic updates in this proess. Orca 3.17.3 has been revamped and many new features have been added. In this article, we will be reviewing its important new features and installation process on ubuntu 15.04 GNOME.

Disclaimer: Please note that Orca 3.17.3 is still a testing/beta release, so it may have unknown issues, Beta release is not intended to be installed on production system.

Features

Here are important and noteworthy features of new release of open source screen reader app.

Installing Orca 3.17.3 beta

As soon as the download process is complete, run following command to extract the downloaded file.

tar xvf orca-3.17.3.tar.xz

Now go into the extracted directory:

cd orca-3.17.3

Run following command here to initiate the installation process.

./configure

As soon as configure command is completed, run following command to proceed further with installation process.

make

Now Run final command to complete the installation of this awesome screen reader.

make install

Enjoy, Orca 3.17.3 has been installed, Launch it from Applications menu and start using this tool

Conclusion

Orca 3.17.3 is another feature of upcoming GNOME 3.18. This upcoming GNOME release is being considered one major version with many improvements and features. We already reviewed epiphany beta as well, which will be part of this desktop environment in near future. Orca 3.17.3 will be part of upcoming GNOME versions as well.